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Forklift Attachments Baton Rouge
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 Forklift Attachments Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge is the state Capital of Louisiana. Situated in East Baton Rouge Parish, the city of baton Rouge is Louisiana's 2nd biggest city and is recognized in the American South as an industrial, medical, petrochemical and research center. The Port of Baton Rouge is the farthest upstream Mississippi River port that is able to successfully handle Panamax ships. Additionally the Port of Baton Rouge is the 9th largest port within the United States when it comes to tonnage shipped.
The city of Baton Rouge and its neighboring region is called the "Capital Area." The area is located along the Mississippi River within Louisiana's southeast region. The city owes its historical importance to its site situated at Istrouma Bluff. This is the first bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta. It serves the community by protecting the people of the city of Baton Rouge from flooding, hurricanes and other natural disasters from nature. Baton Rouge City also has constructed a levee system in addition to this natural barrier. This levee system protects the low-lying agricultural regions and the riverfront since it stretches southward.
Baton Rouge has a population of 229,553 as of the 2010 census. The metropolitan area, known as Greater Baton Rouge, has a population of 802,484 inhabitants as of the year 2010.
The history of Baton Rouge can be traced back to 1699. The European-American history started when a French explorer, Sieur d'lberville was leading an exploration party up the Mississippi River. He noticed a reddish colored cypress pole that was covered with bloody animals, serving to mark the boundary between the Houma and Bayou Goula hunting grounds. They referred to location and the pole "le bāton rouge," which translates to "the red stick."
First, the local Native Americans had named the region "Istrouma." Proof has been found within 3 Native American mounds situated within city limits and along the Comite, Mississippi and Amite Rivers. Archaeologists have been able to determine indigenous habitation of the area to 8000 BC. These mounds were constructed in the Middle Archaic period by gatherer-hunter societies maybe as early as 4500 BC which is long before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Petrochemical production and manufacturing is the biggest industry within Baton Rouge. The Exxon Mobil facility located within Baton Rouge is the country's 2nd largest oil refinery and among the world's largest. There is an abundance of pipeline, deep water, and rail and highway access within the city of Baton Rouge too.
Albermarle has their head office within the city, whilst the Dow Chemical Company has a large plant near Plaquemine within Iberville Parish. NanYa Technology Corporation has a huge facility making PVC and CPVC pipes within North Baton Rouge. Different companies like Shaw Construction, Harmony and Turner all started by performing construction work at these facilities.
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